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‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ handed keys to new Texas home 85 years after racist mob burned it down
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 days agoShe was 12 years old. Eighty-five years later, Lee, now 97, got the keys to a new home - at the...
Martin Luther King Jr.'s son blasts North Carolina Republican Mark Robinson
USA Today· 2 days agoMartin Luther King III, the son of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. said his father “would...
Opinion | Expanding Access to Algebra Is a Matter of Civil Rights
Mississippi Free Press· 3 days agoTo Moses, who was a teacher as well as an activist, math literacy is a civil right: a requirement to...
James Lawson Led the Faith-Based Struggle Against Plantation Capitalism
The Nation· 4 days agoLawson had known Lewis for 60 years and instructed the young civil rights activist in the tactics of...
Gateway - Jalopnik
Jalopnik· 5 days agoHarry Belafonte, folk singer and civil rights activist, died Tuesday of congestive heart failure in his home in Manhattan at 96 years old. Not only was ...
Syndication: The Enquirer
KPVI· 4 days agoCIVIL RIGHT PREGAME METRO SATURDAY MAY 15, 2010. Harry Belafonte, actor and activist during the singing of the National Anthem, left, Billie Jean King, 39-time Grand Slam title winner and
Column: Baseball legend Willie Mays instrumental in California fight against housing discrimination
LA Times via AOL· 24 hours agoBaseball great Willie Mays never wanted to be an activist, but the racism he encountered after...
Why expanding access to algebra is a matter of civil rights
San Francisco Chronicle· 4 days agoTo Moses, who was a teacher as well as an activist, math literacy is a civil right: a requirement to earning a living wage in modern ...
Civil Rights History: Remembering the Monson Motor Lodge Protest 60 years later
WJAX via Yahoo News· 5 days agoToday, city leaders will honor a pivotal moment in American history that happened right in St. Augustine. In 1964, African American civil rights
FBI Files Reveal Last Moments in Lives of 3 Civil Rights Workers Murdered in 'Mississippi Burning'...
People Magazine· 2 days agoA Black man driving with two White men was pulled over by the deputy sheriff on an accusation of...